Definition of myopic

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Definitions

1. graded adjective & adjective

If you describe someone as myopic, you are critical of them because they seem unable to realize that their actions might have negative consequences. [disapproval] ⇒ The Government still has a myopic attitude to spending.

2. graded adjective & adjective

If someone is myopic, they are unable to see things which are far away from them. [formal]

Example sentences containing 'myopic'

Leaning close with another myopic stare, she smiled a cheekysmile and said, `You're going to live.Anita Anderson SOMEBODYThat, he told Stephanie, was the myopic naivety of a doting mother for you.Mark Burnell CHAMELEONHe was extremely myopic , and at that time of night the pupils of his eyes were huge.McCorquodale, Robin DANSVILLE